Apparatus for cooling or attemperating oil or other liquid



R. J. WAREING l APrAnA'rus Foa cooLING 0R ATTEMrERATING OIL OR OTHER LIQUID Filed May l, 1944 Aug. 24, 1948.

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Patented Aug. 24, 1948 f -ARPARATUS gamme-r oRlcooLINeon Amministra I ited;l aicorporatio'no! GreatBritainl ther-eventi 'of aniexcessivfefbaclrpressure being {setif lmawhther or nottheby upedueeto '.overf-'cooliiigfall or-'fa 1portion` ofii'tli'efr hot ui irdivertedffthroug'hra fil-conduiti icon-i -f -trolledibyanwautdmatic tl'iermaior pressure valve# andi'so bypasses'the-cooliiig matrix-'orimatrlice ff' Thevearlierfdevi'cesubtthislkindiwere'notientre f 15 satisfzactoryinzsome applications;efgi'whrriusedf? fotrz'` coolingiioil-for` aircraft?- feng-ines intliatc whzenff thesby-pa'ss cameiintofoperation thewfof olli-i through tli.;fmattrixwwas reduced totli'esentent'r i'- that the oil became congealed, and consequently@` ceasedctudidw. altogetherc, In later devices attempts'were made to' overcome this difficulty by forming the byfpassoonduitiwithinror around the cooling matrix so that when the by-pass carne into-operation acertain'amount 'of heatfwa's con'- ducted from the hot oil in the by-passtdthe coldv oil in the yadjanentucoolingmatrix.t;Such attempts, however, have not been completely suc-, 4 cessfulinovercoming the "difficulty of rapidly" ffeeingwthei-*cooler rofcongea-ledgoil nor *foie l ventihg-local-fcongealingof the-'oil'in portiiifnsj'if7 tli'e1 matrixleven when v-theoilisinot bypassingy the *matrixlsespeciallyunder rconditions offener-1* ation-'where' 'extremely low Avtenipe'ratures arcieri countered. i

The object of our invention .is to provideari..H improvedicooling device ,of ;th`e.,kind described` which will'be reliable' in ope'r'ation and which ,will be' free from the disadvantagesreferred toi" Il further object of our invention is to provide a cooling device in which the degree of cooling is accurately controlled.

According to our invention, in a cooling device of the kind described and having a conduit or conduits surrounding substantially the whole of that part of the outer surface of the cooling matrix or matrices which is substantially parallel to the direction of the cooling passages and/or extending within the said matrix or matrices for substantially the whole length thereof, all the hot uid is caused to now through the whole of the conduit or conduits before gaining access to the said matrix or matrices and to the associated by-pass channels or chambers irrespective of whether or not the fluid is lay-passing the matrix orjmatricesf' Thegcon-duit may take ithe formoff a jacket or ljackets surrounding the matrix matrices, the "hot fluid being circulated tlirnughmi the jacket "or: `iacl'sets before V`entering the i said* matrix A'or1matrices? `By;this#meansithe v`oil orf other uidin'Qthe portinof -the 'matrix radj acent 'i the jackeior' 'conduitis warrr'ieid"by` Ltllielfiotl -incoming, iluid` and is preventedfrbmicongeal-iiig in jthls part"of fthe:l said matrix:*irrespectiveof =pass1device is in operatic' Preferably thev cooling device` comprises-k a ralityk of. matrices" witl'iseparate `j ackets. 'Ili'eA hot uidjmay fio'wjthr ughthejackets in' series-beer fore 'entering fan'yone of tlirnatricesj Insucha `-.multifstage" cooling device;` notv tlirou'glrn th' matrices 'and "by-pass channels isi-determined by--` one? ormore-pressuree'controllednr temperature-f controlled Lva'lvesg: or by 'a combination j'of ifsuc-hi* valves.'l 'In"aatwostagejcooling device y inf whichI 4the hot fluid'flows tl1r"'ough"`th'e` j'a'cketsinseries i andin' w'liclfx the flw through the matrices-and bypassjipassages' isdetermined "by'a 'combi'n tibfn of.pressurelcontrolled'and 'temperature-corr# trfolled valvesjjtliie "arrangement isl preferably vsuclr` 'feet is illustrated in the accornpa,nying`fdravvings,`

Fig. 2, which is also diagrammatic, shows these elements 'placed end to end, as is usually most desirable in practice.

Referring to the drawings, cooling matrices I and Z, each comprising a number of thin-walled metal tubes arranged in honeycomb formation within a suitable casing, are each provided with jackets 3 and 4 respectively, disposed on the outside of the said casings. Oil inlet ports 5 and 6 and oil outlet ports 1 and 8 are provided in the jackets 3 and 4 respectively, the outlet port 1 being connected to the inlet port B by a pipe or passageway I5. Oil inlet ports 9 and I0 and outlet ports II and I2 are provided in the cooling matrices I and 2 respectively and internal bailles illustrates' diagrammatically a awo-stage' rg 'ac c'ordirigj'to; th.

1. From thencejit flows through the pipe or pas-v sageway I`to the' inlet port 6 of the jacket 4 and after flowing through the jacket leaves by the outlet port 8. stream is determined by the temperature and pressure of the oil in the matrices I and 2. yIf lthe oil in the matrices is cold, and therefore exerts a back pressure or resistance to owtherethrougm. a pressure responsive valve I6 opens, allowing all or a greater part of the oil to pass from thechamber I1 directly into the outletpipe I8. As the oil in the matrices warms up by conduction of heat from the hot oil circulating through the jackets 3 and 4, the resistance to flowz of oil through the said matrices falls, the pressure responsive valve I6 closes, and the bulk of` the oil then passes from the chamber I1 through a thermostatically controlled valve I9 into a pipe or passageway 20, and thence through the inlet 9 into the matrix I, thus by-passing the matrix 2. From the matrix I the oil leaves through the port II into the pipeor passageway 2 I and passes from there to the oil outlet I 8.

lThe thermostatic valve I9 is controlled in knownI manner by a bellows device 22 situated in the passageway 2l to provide accurate control of the temperature of the oil leaving the cooler. When the oil passing through the said conduit has attained a sufliciently high temperature,.the bellows expand and operate to close the valve I9, On the closing of this valve the oil from the chamber I1 is forced to-pass through the port I0 into the matrix 2, through the said matrix 2, via the outlet port I2 and passageway 23 into the matrix I and nally into the oil outlet I 8. It will be observed that by this arrangement of valves and passages the oil may be by-passed from the jackets direct to the oil outlet. or may pass through `one or both of the matrices, the path ofthe oil stream being automatically controlled by its own temperature and pressure.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the incoming cooling air ows through the matrix I and thence through the matrix 2. It will thus be seen that the matrix I is subjected to the coldest air but the oil therein adjacent to the jacket is warmed by the hot incoming oil in the said jacket to the greatest extent and is thus prevented from congealing and free passage of oil within the said matrix is thus ensured.

If desired, in addition to the provision of temperature-regulating means in the form of pressure-controlled and/or temperature-controlled by-pass valves, control of the oil temperature may be attained by controlling the iiow of cooling air The subsequent path of the oil through the matrix or matrices by means of shutters or louvres actuated manually, or automatically by means of temperature and/or pressure controlled devices.

While we have described an oil cooling device having va-Warming conduit orjacket surrounding the cooling matrix, it will be'understood that the conduit may take the form of an internal passage or passages extending substantially the whole ength of the matrix. Such internal passage or passages may, if desired, be employed in conjunction with an external jacket. l, I'claim:

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if=each-of said matrices and said jackets Azcooling device of the kind described, comprisingcooling matrices providing a two-stage I cooler, each comprising a plurality of thin-walled metal tubes disposed in honeycomb formation within a suitable casing having an external jacket, having an inlet and an outlet, connections whereby hot fluid entering the inlet of one of said jackets flows through both jackets in series to the first-stage matrix inlet, a conduit connecting the first-stage matrix outlet to the second-stage matrix inlet, an outlet conduit for uid leaving the secondstage matrix outlet, a by-pass conduit connecting the inlets of said matrices,a temperature-controlled valve in said by-pass conduit, thermostatic means operative upon suicient rise in the temperature of fluid flowing through said outlet conduit, to cause said valve to reduce W of fluid through said by-pass, a second by-passconduit connecting the first-stage matrix inlet with the second-stage matrix outlet conduit, and a pressure-controlled valve normally closing said second i by-pass conduit but arranged to open the same upony development of suilicient fluid-pressureinthat portion of said conduit between said pres-y sure-controlled valve-and said first-stage matrix inlet. l f l ROBERT J.y WAREING.l

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` Date Number Name y 2.071,106 Blair Feb. 16, 1937 2,223,655 Askin Dec, 3, 1940 2,352,704 f Garner July 4, 1944 2,354,362 Burns July 25, 1944 2,244,641` ,Fedders June 3, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 102,385v Switzerland Nov. 16, A1923 460,047

t Great Britain Jan. 20, 1937 

